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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Live post from Alan November Leadership Conference in Los Angeles

Snipets and notes typed on the fly...Boomerangs- Liberate them Right now 65% of kids return home between 19 and 28

What does it mean to be globally competitive?Is there more economic opportunity in India than in the US—the question asked by an immigrant who is moving back ( students can not get into an Indian university because the US standards for Math and science is to low)China has overtaken the Boston region in developing the upcoming companies

Russia etc recruit elementary teachers with math and science degreesWhat are this countries expectations regarding what it means to be educated….

You can get a Stanford degree sitting anywhere in the worldStanford on line high school 12,000 a year and you will have 3 years of Stanford credit.

Stats17% to offshoring…70,000 for a programmer in US vs 8,250 in India, China 9,000

When you are desperate you will learnShould you feel a sense of urgency?

A Whole New Mind- Daniel Pink a very important book.3 things you need in a technology societyart, music, and social skillsTeach people to be creative and innovative – art and music are the road in to these areas

Teach students to deal with massive amounts of information ( do not spoon feed small bits of content)Globalization- teach empathy…think globally they will work in a globally connected world- are you teaching them to understand people across the world… if you only do one thing with internet teach social justice

Alan led a great skype demonstration of building global understanding.